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QSLs Received / Re: Pirate Radio Boston
« on: June 25, 2012, 2353 UTC »
I got one too. Thank you! 
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Other / Re: Fake(?) time signals station on 10000 kHz
« on: June 25, 2012, 2351 UTC »
Could that be Turino? I thought at one point they had a signal on 10mHz, though I could be nuts.
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MW Loggings / CHAM - Hamilton, ON heard in the U.S.! 22/6/2012
« on: June 25, 2012, 2343 UTC »
I'm finally getting a clue and posting this here. Oops? 
I've since sent a reception report to the station and heard back that, because of limits in place set to avoid drowning out U.S. stations, CHAM shouldn't have been heard here. That's a real shame, IMO, and seems a bit unfair. ... I'll stay off my soapbox and just post my log. The engineer who answered my message was quite nice about things, and verified my report besides.
Heard in Madison, Wisconsin:
820, CHAM Hamilton, Ontario, 0514-0520. Country music at tune-in, then a clear spoken station ID including location information, before back into music. Good signal, trading places with WBAP in Dallas.
No offense to anyone in Dallas-Fort Worth, but I'd rather have the Canadian signal!
I've since sent a reception report to the station and heard back that, because of limits in place set to avoid drowning out U.S. stations, CHAM shouldn't have been heard here. That's a real shame, IMO, and seems a bit unfair. ... I'll stay off my soapbox and just post my log. The engineer who answered my message was quite nice about things, and verified my report besides. Heard in Madison, Wisconsin:
820, CHAM Hamilton, Ontario, 0514-0520. Country music at tune-in, then a clear spoken station ID including location information, before back into music. Good signal, trading places with WBAP in Dallas.
No offense to anyone in Dallas-Fort Worth, but I'd rather have the Canadian signal!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North - 6.935 mHz @ 0445 UTC
« on: June 23, 2012, 1050 UTC »
Similar situation to Cmradio here; I could hear the het of a carrier on the sidebands, but barely anything at all on AM. Darnit...
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QSLs Received / Re: TCS Baseball Extravaganza QSL
« on: June 22, 2012, 1456 UTC »
Got mine too, quite unexpectedly! Thank you, Poet. You brightened my night.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6955 0146z
« on: June 22, 2012, 0201 UTC »
I've got this one too, 6955 AM. Weak signal into southern Wisconsin, playing what sounds like techno or dance-type music. At least two ID's by a synthesized female voice. SIO 222.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirate Radio Boston 6925 AM 01:32z
« on: June 22, 2012, 0147 UTC »
Thanks for the tip-off, fellow message board folks! I have it too. Switched on at 0139 to music unfamiliar to me. Into a male voice giving music information, contact information including the Belfast, NY maildrop, and a clear Pirate Radio Boston ID before back into music. SIO 444, moderate and intermittent static, but signal otherwise quite good into southern Wisconsin.
Edited to add: Oooh, now that song I know! Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire. At least one more Pirate Radio Boston ID clearly audible, as well as reference to this being the first show of 2012. Very cool.
Edited to add: Oooh, now that song I know! Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire. At least one more Pirate Radio Boston ID clearly audible, as well as reference to this being the first show of 2012. Very cool.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.7AM 0049
« on: June 22, 2012, 0135 UTC »
6950 AM, 0119-0127 UTC. Signal weak to fair into southern Wisconsin, improving at peaks but subject to quite a bit of fading and one l-o-u-d noise floor. I definitely heard blues rock of some variety, as well as a man's voice giving an ID near 0124-0125, and I'm glad it's been confirmed here because it was difficult to catch.
I've never heard this one before! So *this* is Captain Morgan Shortwave! I wish the signal were coming in better here - darn my setup - because I rather like what I've heard so far.
I've never heard this one before! So *this* is Captain Morgan Shortwave! I wish the signal were coming in better here - darn my setup - because I rather like what I've heard so far.
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Spy Numbers / Re: possible spy station, 6988 USB, 0114 UTC
« on: June 21, 2012, 1612 UTC »
Oh beans! Now I feel silly. Thanks for the clue-in. *facepalms*
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Spy Numbers / oops! not actually a spy station, 6988 USB, 0114 UTC
« on: June 21, 2012, 0123 UTC »
I just barely caught this one as I was tuning around looking for pirates. At first I thought it was Galei Zahal, then went... no wait, too high. Then I heard the first few letters the station was broadcasting - one letter/number at a time, with slight intervals between - and wondered if it was a ham spelling out his handle. Nope, not a name. I suspect this was a spy station. As I say, I only caught the end of it, but I can say that it was a man's voice, presumably American, broadcasting in phonetic alphabet letters and numbers, ending with 'out'.
This'll be the first English-language numbers station catch I've ever made, if I'm right.
Edited to add: Thanks for the correction. Ooooops! This was apparently an EAM, and not a spy station after all. Sowwy.
This'll be the first English-language numbers station catch I've ever made, if I'm right.
Edited to add: Thanks for the correction. Ooooops! This was apparently an EAM, and not a spy station after all. Sowwy.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: What was the first pirate station you ever logged?
« on: June 20, 2012, 2210 UTC »
My first pirate logging and QSL are actually the same station... for the same broadcast! That'd be Northwoods Radio in mid May of this year. I have a lovely QSL from them, now. I believe there are mallards on the obverse.
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QSLs Received / Radio Canada International QSL
« on: June 20, 2012, 1909 UTC »
Not sure whether or not this's the right place for a non-pirate shortwave broadcaster QSL, but considering... well, considering what's happening in a few days unless something drastically shifts, I thought I'd put it here.
A full data Radio Canada International QSL card landed in my mailbox yesterday, June 19, for a June 13 broadcast on 15330kHz. This is, I barely need to say, a treasure of a card. RCI forever.
A full data Radio Canada International QSL card landed in my mailbox yesterday, June 19, for a June 13 broadcast on 15330kHz. This is, I barely need to say, a treasure of a card. RCI forever.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Crystal Ship via High Plains Relay Service
« on: June 20, 2012, 1849 UTC »
I had this one too. Good signal into southern Wisconsin, heard from 0238-0315 UTC, though it was definitely on both before and after I heard it. My first encounter with TCS, woohoo!